Chunguidang Hall, Boseong

Chunguidang Hall, built in 1937, is currently used as the lecture hall of Ochungsa (the Shrine of the Five Loyal Subjects). Ochungsa is a sau (Confucian shrine) enshrining the spirit tablets of five men of the Boseong Seon clan — Seon Yun-ji, Seon Hyeong, Seon Geo-i, Seon Se-gang and Seon Yak-hae. It was founded in 1598 and received a royal charter in 1831. Like other sau, it was abolished in 1868 under the Daewongun's order to demolish seowon (Confucian academies), and was restored in 1961, continuing to the present. Chunguidang was not originally built as the lecture hall of the shrine. It was the sarangchae (men's quarters) of a residential house belonging to the Choi clan, standing alongside what is now the wall of Ochungsa. That is, when the Seon clan restored the shrine in 1961, they purchased the Choi clan's sarangchae to use as the lecture hall and built a new shrine building above it. It is not known why this came about, but the process differs markedly from the way many other sau in the region were restored and rebuilt in the twentieth century. Among the monuments within the grounds of Ochungsa is a yuheobi (a monument marking the origins of a historic site), its inscription composed in 1909 by Gi U-man, pen name Song-sa, recording the deeds, posthumous titles and royal eulogies of the men who served the state, together with the name and origin of Ochungsa. There is also a myojeongbi (a stele recording a shrine's founding), its inscription composed in 1977 by Gwon Yong-hyeon, describing the founding process and history of Ochungsa.

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Where it is

Region

Boseong, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산